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Humorous Jcjrartmeut. \ ~ Not as They Used to Do?"They don't do business as they used to," observed the old gent as he wheeled the chair around. "Twenty years ago a man who failed iu t business had some honor left." "Yes," re- p plied the man on his right. "My son was v in business in Chicago. He failed, and sot- v H'.. ; tied for twenty-five cents on the dollar, but s afterwards paid every creditor in full and f went into business again." "How much i did he fail for the first time?" "Fifteen 0 thousand dollars, sir." "And the second 8 time?" "The second time?ah?hem, for v $45,000, I believe." After which the old 8 gent suddenly turned the conversation to t other channels.?Chicago Times. a A. young Texas lady of a /violent tem- ? per, just about to be married, was found c / weeping by a friend. r "Whydoyou weep, Fanny? Yourfuture * husband is one of the most kind-hearted J men in the world," asked the friend. "I know it, but I can't help feeling sorry y for the poor fellow. I have such a tender c heart that it makes me cry to think how I 1 will boss him around. The poor man has 1 no idea what he is going to suffer at my ? hands:" and once more the eyes of the kind- c hearted woman were filled with brine. ? I?-"Don't you love the smell of a good e cigar?" inquired an Austin antipode of Vanderbilt of Gus De Smith. r "You bet I do," replied Gus, his face f brightening with anticipation. t "Have you got ten cents about your per- g _ son ?" inquired the first speaker again. i "Yes, what of of it," asked Gus. t "Well, you give me ten cents, and that, I with the money I have, will purchase a c prime cigar." "But what wiil I get ?" 11 "Why, you'll get the smell which you n aay you dote upon so much." t ? A "Thomas, you have disobeyed your old grand father." "No I didn't ma." J "Yes you did. Have you not been in c I..OI1 BWlUJUllligi x "Yes, ma." "Didn't I hair him say to you not to go in swimming?" "Oh, he didn't tell us that, he only came out and said: 'Boys I wouldn't go in swimming,' and I shouldn't think he would, an old rheumaticky man like him; but he didn't say nothin' about our goiag in swimming." Educational Intelligence.?There was an examination of the graduating class of the University of Texas. "If one bushel of wheat costs forty cents hdw much will ten bushels of wheat cost ?" asked a visitor." There was an awkward pause. "Weil," said the visitor, "I'll ask you another question, "If you go into a saloon and, one whisky toddy costs fifteen cents how ~ much will two cost?" "Yog get two for a quarter!" yelled the graduating class in chorus.?Texas Si/tings. . How Gen. Beaver Paid in Advance. D??uo? rinnamnr^lant r\f Ponnsvlvsi. WU? VAW V&UV* ~V?WW W? * VMMV^ m *?? j nia, during his recent campaign; was asked t by a colored editor to subscribe for the Pitts- c burg Broad .Axe. The price is $1 a year. v Gen. Beaver handed the editor $20, expect- t ing $19 in change. He was presented with ( the following: "Received of Gen. Beaver, for twenty years subscription, $20." "If you're dead the paper'll go on," said 1 the colored man to the astonished General. \ *? a In a Warmer Climate.?"You're not G getting much better. Mr. Bascom ?" ^ "No, Mr. Eilis. Perhaps I ought to go to a warmer climate." v "That might help you, no doubt. Who is j your physician?" "Dr. Blank." "Ah! And you follow his directions?" ? "Implicitly.'? J "Well, keep on doing so and you'll find yourself in a warmer climate soon enough." Philadelphia Call. * Billings (meeting Baxter who is walk- n ing rapidly along the street)?"Helloa Bax- b ter, why this rush ?" a Baxter?"I am walking fast to keep that a fellow Staggs from catching up with me. v He is an awful bore. So long." t: Billings (meeting Staggs, who is walking ^ slowly)?"Helloa, old fellow, why are you t; poking along this way?" r <*** am. i e !iL oiaggs?"io Keep iruiu cutciuug up wim that fellow Baxter. He's the worst bore o In town." a g He Knew Their Weak Point.?New- t ly elected meraer of Congress (to a commit- j tee of the Woman's Suffrage association)? u "I will present your bill, ladies, before the t - House, but you must remember that every . voter must be 21 years old or over that age, t to vote. Middle-aged Committeewoman?"Oh, dear me, girls, we never thought of that; t we had better let it go for a few years until j we are old enough.?Texas S\ftings. . j^Not long since Gus de Smith took a fi stroll through the Austin graveyard. When a he came out of the graveyard he looked a veryserious. Gilhooly meeting him asked ti him what was the matter. "Nothing, only I was thinking that the p Austin husbands must light all the fires in o the mornings." a "What makes you think that ?" t "Well, I see so many of them are burned b to death. I noticed on three or four tomb- s stones:'Peace to his ashes.'" t t Discharged.?Magistrate?"The young woman says that your continued staring at n her annoyed herexcessively." a Prisoner?1"I never intentionally annoyed a woman in my life, your honor." r Magistrate?"Then why did you stare at ^ her so persistently ?" s Prisoner?"Because she is pretty and I B couldn't help it." e Young Woman?"Let him go, judge."? ^ Ufe' a "You consider him a man of courage?" e "Yes, sir; I do." $ "And you are positive that he is a person r of unusual nerve ?" c "Yes, decidedly so." j i "On what do you base this opinion ?" t "Why, sir, he crawls out of bed every u morning at 5 o'clock, and there isn't anoth-! b er man in my neghborhood that's got the a grit to do it." jo 1?^ Dr. Gimlet returns empty-handed ? from a day's hunting ftnd in response to f his wife's inquiries, candidly confesses thai . he killed nothing. 44 Why," retorts Mrs. G. | " 44you could have done better than that had J; you9tayedat home and attended to your ^ regular business."?Lowell Citizen. .l Proof.?1"They wouldn't let me work, 1 Susan, 'cause I'm out with them Knights, an' wasn't a 4union' man." - j "Lawks, Jabez, I can stand your being out. wid 'em nights, but jes take your penshun s papers round an' show 'em you was a Union " man an' Always will be."?Harper's Weekly. Shopping in the Country.?1"No, \ "5 ma'am; those are two articles we don't c keep; but the oysters, I think, you will find p at the post office, and bananas you can get b across the way, at the barber's."?Harper1 s a Ifcrsar. Igisttnanwus Reading.: For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. 1 RETRENCHMENT FOR THE COUNTIES. 1 Editor of the Enquirer : The Columbia correspondent in your issue of the 1st, >retends to be lull of retrenchment, but 1 phen one examines his shears and sees ' phere he begins to cut, it is found to be the ame old shears that have been ruu on the armers by our professional men for years before reconstruction. Then commissioners 1 f roads and bridges were compelled to erye under the penalty of fifty dollars and 1 vere not allowed so much as a cent for their ervices. They were required to attend at he Court House some three or four times 1 i year; and once they concluded that the ounty ought to give them at least their 1 linners; but they did not get many diniers before they were stopped from as much >ay as their dinners, by a law forbidding iny such privilege a9 taking their dinners 0 be paid for out of the public fund. A commissioner who did his duty was bmpelled to lose a month or so every year n attending to the roads and bridges, and 1 low I see they want to fall back to the old ! ystem of forcing farmers to serve in some if the county offices without compensation? ' ?trenching altogether on the farmer and ioubling the professional man's fees, in ivery move or change that is made. I need mention but one or two of these nove9 in retrenchment to show how they 1 avor the poor farmer in these so-called re1 mchment schemes. Take the law as to 1 Itate witnesses. The farmer i9 bound over n a bond for his appearance at court and 1 hen he must pay to jjrove his attendance. Ie then receives the whole sum of fifty 1 ents per day, which does not pay his board. | But examine the law on the professional ' nan. The physician, for conducting a post wrtem examination receives from ten to 1 i wenty dollars, and as expert witness ten ; lollars per day for attending Court, and intead of abolishing needless offices they add pore. -Look at the salary of the Circuit ' udges; and then another office recently J reated?that of stenographer, to wait on he Judge and write in short hand at a big alary, when the salary of the Judge is suf- 1 icient, or a third more than it ought to be, 1 f you will compare these salaries with the >ay of commissioners, jurors and State witlesses. 1 Yet, according to the working of thesysem, retrenchment means to appoint farm>r8 to serve the county as commissioners for ' io pay, and be required to provide their 1 wn dinners when at the Court House on official business. Now, if this is the way etrenchment must come, put all the offices | n the county on the same footing and let ' is retrench out of debt instead of making lew offices to tax the farmer. And then the county commissioners are equired to make a yearly report, pubJoV. i* In tKo nnnntv r?nnor anrl nnv ft Inrcp I ion IV AIJ VI1C WUUkj MMV* - D ? fee for publishing it. Then the county reasurer is required to make an annual retort nearly the same as the commissioners' , feport, which taxes us twice on nearly the iame report. This should be regulated bet- ; er, and with less expense. Examine the | Snquirer, of 17th of November and see he amount paid out for printing for the , ounty offices* and you will see one reason , vhy our taxes are so high. There are too nany big baskets to fill out of the laboring | nan's earnings. W. H. Carroll. ( THE THREE C'S* RAILROAD. Johnson City, Tenn., November 20.? Sarly last summer I wrote you from Ashe- ' 'ille an authentic statement of the plans, ' s far as matured, of the Charleston, Cininnati and Chicago Railroad Company. I < rrived here this morning to commence a < aumey,across the territory that the road ' vill traverse from this point to the Ohio liver. < The need of an air line railroad of low < ;rade between Charleston, on the Atlantic, ' nd the Ohio River, has long been apparent * o business men. The construction of such , road would have been attempted fifty ' ears ago if the money could have been ' ecured to pay its cost. Capitalists could ' iot see any posibility of dividends from the ' lusiness such a road would do, and gave , decided negative to all who sought their " ssistance. The discovery of the vast J wealth awaiting development in the mounains of Eastern Kentucky and Western 1 Virginia has given a new direction to capi- 1 al, and made the construction of such a oad a certainty. i Ashland, on the Ohio'river, is in the heart 1 f the famous Hanging Rock region, where ( ,re more than fifty blast iron furnaces, lome years ago the Chatteroi Railroad was ! milt from Ashland down the valley to the 1 Jig Sandy River, for fifty-one miles into the ! inlimited splint coal fields. Ten miles south here are vast deposits of eannel coal,extendDg to the Virginia line. In the same disrict are inexhaustible veins of rich specular nd hematite ores. The Charleston, Cincinlati and Chicago Company has purchased he Chatteroi Road and incorporated it into tssystem. It is now extending that road nto the region referred to, and will, by the irst of March, have twenty miles finished nd in operatien, thus carrying these coals nd ores to the Hanging Rock furnaces, and o Cincinnati and other Northern markets. At the other end of its line it has com- | leted the stretch between Black's Station, n the Gharlotte and Atlanta Air Line Road j nd Shelby, and is laying the rails between j hat place and Rutherfordton. Work will ( e pushed with all possible rapidity on the outhern end of the road from Black's Sta- ( ion, via Yorkville, Rock Hill and Lancas- . er to Camden, South Carolina, the county ( eat of Kershaw, where connection will be tiade with the old South Carolina Railroad ^ nd by it with Charleston. Johnson City is a thriving town, incorpoated by the Legislature in March, 188o. It tas now a population of 2,500, and is the eat of considerable trade. The East Ten- . lessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad passs through it, and the narrow gauge Cran- r ?erry Road terminates here. The town has ^ number of common schools, seven churchs, a large tannery, using annually about 250,000 in its business; the most complete nodern built and fitted foundry and ma- ( hineshop in the South, and several small j( nj..ni.:nn rrk?.n i 1 iiuuaiiica* aiicic mi; iwu hccm^v jjuptria, i he Comet and the Enterprise, which contribite much to the life and enterprise of the lorough. Present hotel accommodations re not up to the standard of the town in ither respects, hut there will soon be a j hangeforthe better in this respect. The j itizens are hoping that the "three C's" rail- I oad will pass through here, but that matter j las not been decided definitely by the com-; any. Whether such be the case or not, hat railroad will give this people cheap coal nd enable them to manufacture Cranberry ron into many forms of hardware.?/?. S. ?., in the Manufacturers' Record. W. B. Wilson, Jr., and the Eartiituake Bill.?In the House on the 8th intant while the Bill relating to the re-assess- . nent of real property in the counties of Jharleston, Berkeley and Colleton was unler discussion, Mr. W. B. Wilson, Jr., of fork, moved to strike out the enacting lause. The Bill is intended to relieve the eople of the above counties who suffered y the earthquake. It provides that the ssessment on property damaged by the arthquake shall be reduced from the value at which it was returned prior to being ar damaged; and provides also for the refund- er Ing of a portion of the taxes that have al- su ready been paid on the property and thus th reduce in value from the assessment at the pi time it was given in. tii Mr. Wilson said he opposed the bill because it discriminated against other portions ? of the State, but would support it if its pro- ^ visions were made to include all other coun- , ties in the State. Property in many of the other counties had shrunk in value on account of floods and other causes, and if it was fair to give Charleston the benefit of E such a law it was hut iustiee to erive all sec tionsof the State the same showing. Mr. Raysor opposed the motion to strike out, as also did Mr. S. P Hamilton and others. A Mr. Wilson finally withdrew his motion in order to offer an amendment making the bill apply to all sections alike, and there- fh after offered such an amendment, which was defeated. He then renewed his motion in to strike out the enacting clause, and upon re the passage of the bill an extended debate 0f took place. Mr. A. F. O'Brien made a feel- ha ing speech in opposition to the motion to w< strike out, and Messrs. Danlzler, Rutland and Douglas favored the motion, unless the Tl provisions of the bill were made to apply alike to all sections. Mr. Moses favored Qf the motion. Mr. T. E. Miller opposed the cu motion, and Mr. Pope also made remarks jf. in opposition. ca Mr. Ficken said that the Charleston dele- Ni nation, through delicacy, had not intended ^ to discuss the bill, but at this stage of the in matter he desired to explain the objects of ^ the bill. He did so in an impressive man- re, ner, and was followed by Mr. Brawley, who Ni was in the midst of a forcible argument on Je< the measure when it was announced that [n the Senate desired admittance to the House co for the purpose of going into Joint Assem- u 1 1 ' *' ' - fl !-l n: Diy ior me election 01 a ouperiuieuueiii ui 01 the Penitentiary and of three members of ^ the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary. r Mr. Brawley suspended, and the two houses went into Joint Assembly. When the '< Joint Assembly dissolved, the House ad- w< iourned to meet at 10 o'clock, A. M., on "laj Friday. Bi The consideration of the bill was resumed ' s,t 11 o'clock on Friday, when the bill came i up for a second reading, the pending question being a motion to strike out section 4, j which provides for a rebate of the taxes on damaged or destroyed houses proportionate to the damage sustained. On reaching a t? vote, the section was stricken out by a vote st: of 62 to 56, and the bill was then passed and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. m' ly HOW TO DRESS. m Stiff materials are less manageable and graceful than soft ones. on One dull stuff and one glossy stuff unite It better than two glossy or two dull ones. Colors near the face should be soft and mi indescribable. pi' A woman to be well dressed and to look her best must concentrate her efforts on tints 18 few and good. ^ Antique lace will last forever, remend ed and reclean it as much as you please. Being Ul yellow instead of snow white it scarely ever sk 3hows dirt. Modern lace, however good or so costly, soon wears out. ^ The worst extravagance is to invest in f? "shoddy" materials got up by unprincipled Cc traders to deceive the eye. One or two really fine jewels are in far , better taste than a quantity of mediocre av ones. Experience shows that all dull, rich silks ^ wear greasy, that a good satin outlasts three th silks, and three cheap satins, and that black | th velvet lasts longer than colored. ^ A set of good fur is never any loss as it ;h can be cut, rejoined, dispersed, united, worn ' an an evening dress, or a mantle, at will, q: without harm. toi A dress or jacket properly made and prop- ^ crly fitted by a good dressmaker, though 9U this costs more than one made by a novice, na will look and hang well to the end, while ^ tne omer win not. pr It is indispensable in buying dresses to remember what your wardrobe contains, as two dresses can often be combined into one on nowadays it the colors are happily chosen, a < which is a great economy. Qai Ladies who study economy will never ye adopt the extravagant in anything, for such mi fashions never last long. Women of taste are content with a few things?and those good?in lieu of a quan- ak tity of cheap finery. na Never buy a bonnet that will not go with na all your dreases and jackets likely to be re- at quired while the bonnet last?unless you can afford to wear one to match each suit, sit Extravagance in dress means not only spending too much money on it, but also the patronizing of foolish fashions devised ofl simply to waste material. ex A dark thin stuff is infinitely cheaper than the cheapest pale material, though its ke original cost be double. 'be A purposeless chaos of millinery is not ] beautiful from an aristic point of view, "e? and probably mischievous from a sanitary ;ln one. ^ True skill in making up materials conjists not only in fitting the dress, but in ti ?iving to every morsel of stuff its due val- cli ue.?Dry Goods Chronicle. ti? BIRDS JTpARADISE. j Mr. Darwin has said: "Birds appear to j be the most aestnetic 01 an animais, ex-1 ? uepting of course, man, and they have near-, ly the same taste for the beautiful that we * have. This is shown by our enjoyment of j F( the singing of the birds, and by our wo- ' , men, both civilized and savage, decking | their heads with borrowed plumes and us- ! ^ ing gems which are hardly more brilliantly ! colored than the naked skin and wattles ofj fOJ certain birds." With civilized people it is ! ofl the female who is elaborately ornamented, i hut with the birds the male wears the ! du most gorgous plumage, the most elegant j lie jar-tufts, the most brilliant wattles, the i most splendid top knots and even the (57 ris of the eyes is sometimes more highly j hai colored in the male than in the female, j ^ The object of this is, without doubt, to at- j gr< :ract the female. In other cases the male, I ]if( tar leprived of beautiful adornment is other- j p, wise provided. He is, as a rule, the sweet- j ?st songster, and when he has neither vo. al powers or attractive plumage, he is pro- m< rided with formidable weapons with which :o win his bride (or brides) from his an- j agonist. Thus the males of gallinaceous airds are provided with spurs, and some ! cu jven have single and double sets of spurs So: ipon their wings, as is the case with the j palamedea. $1. Male birds of paradise are, without ques-: fre ;ion, the most highly favored, by way of; j idornraent, of all. The elongated and gold-! ] in orange plumes that spring from beneath he wings of the paradisea apado (and which -mn s not the most beautiful of the species) when X vertically erected and made to vibrate, are ^nc iescribed as forming a sort of halo, in the ei ?entre of which the head "looks like a little joe imerald sun, with its rays formed by the ;wo plumes." In another most beautiful th< species the head is bald, and of a rich cobalt jlue, crossed by several lines of black, velvety feathers. Many birds of elegant plum- i \ge, such as egrets and herons, retain their mptial plumes only during the Summer;; birds of paradise, the peacock and Angust ^ pheasant do not cast their plumes during the Winter. Whether it is the result of their surpassing beauty, or due to other ^ ?auses, cannot be said, but birds of paradise ( e great polygaraists, the male having genally fifteen wives. There was formerly a perstition that these birds lived solely in e air, but that has long since been exoded, in common with the mediteval nom that a certain species of the goose grew j >on trees. fOEEVllLE ENQUIRER. E Prospectus for 1887. j . p 1XTRA0RDINARY OFFER TO CLUB-MAKERS. c / Three Desirable Premiums. i, i BUGGY, A WAGON AND $13 IN CASH. J the 1st of January, 1887, theYORKVILLE nuAirrnfn ...Ml Sh t lii ffxr- ? J Will OllkOI uuuil ?vo I/Ully- jj ird volume, and.while we shall strive to make d in every respect a more acceptable weekly I iblication than It has hitherto Deen, the leadg features of the paper, which have always ndered it popular with all classes of readers, ill be retained. Besides the general make up tho Miscellaneous department, which feature s" given the Enquirer a distinctive character, 3 shall Dublish SERIAL STORIES ^ iroughout the year, from the pens of the )st popular writers of fiction in the drld, and which department alone, on account the character of the stories that we shall se- _ re, will give it additional interest to all readers * light literature. In addition to the Story, I terary and Miscellaneous features of the paper, p reful attention will oe bestowed upon the t, 3W8 department, which will embrace a record the leading events at the State and National / ipitals; Congressional and Legislative proceed- j gs ; "Scraps and Facts," being a hotch-potch oi f ;ht current topics; a compend of the News j, oroad and at Home; County and General Corspondence; Market Reports; Local and State sws; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subits intended to promote the welfare and pros- ? rity of our State and people, which will, we d ast, continue to render the Enquirer a wel- ? me and entertaining Family Journal. ll intiiffl ati pittboflnmrtrrair n"drr at DADTiflr LXiAAO U? 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WILLIS, ccessor to the late B. T. Wheeler, manufactur of and dealer in buggies, carriages Ac., and ay be seen by calling at his factory in this ace. THE WAGON known as the "Old Hickory," manufactured ' the Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Co., of I misyille, Ky. The "Old Hickory" is recognizas one of the best wagons manufactured in the -i lited States. The materials of which it is made J e of the best quality and are put together by r illed workmen, and it is thoroughly and hand- j mely painted. The wagon is a two-horse, ^ imble skein, of two thousand pounds capacity. 1 ie lowest retail price is 955. The wagon was f rnisbed to us by Mr. JOHN R. ASHE, the Jimpany's agent at Yorkville. 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C We will be responsible for the safe transmis- v >n of money only when sent by draft, regis- g red letter or money order drawn on the York- 0 lie post-office. - i [n sending names, write plainly, giving post- a Ice, county and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the piration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept f( r each club-ma- ? t, who will be credited with every name sent, c that the number sent by any one person can P ascertained at a moment's notice. ? Pofar>no tvhr? nnmmpnnfi rnnlfincr clllhs. will t be permitted, after the names have been on ed on our books, to transfer the names to other club-maker's list. 59- The time in which additions may bo made clubs under this proposition, will expire on a SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1887. 1 lereforo, persons who desire the benefit of J ib rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper e fore that date, as after the expiration of that tie it will not be furnished for less than ?2.50 , iless new clubs are formed. \ll letters should be addressed to I L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. tl RELIEF! p >rty Years A Suffer From Catarrh, t IVO^DEKFOL TO RELATE! a FOR FORTY YEARS I have been a victim ei to CATARRH?three-fourths of the time e: sufferer from excruciating pains across my ehead and nostrils. The discharges were so ensive that I hesitate to mention it, except for a good that it may do some other sufferer. I C ve spent a young fortune from my earnings b ring my fortyyears of suffering to obtain re- b f from the doctors. I have tried patent mediles?every one I could learn of?from the four pi rners of the earth, with no relief. And at last C years of age) have met with a remedy that tl s cured me entirely?made mo a new man. I lighed 128 pounds and now weigh 140. I used p Irteen bottles of the medicine, and the only re- . at I have is that being in the humble walks ot B I may not haye influence to prevail on all ca- p rh sufferers to use what has cured me Guinn's 0.nkkr linoon Renewer. "HENRY CHEVES, "No. 207 Second St., Macon, Ga." y dr. Henry Choves, the writer of the above forsrly of Crawford county, now of Macon, Geor- ^ 1, merits the confidence of all interested in ca- = rh. W. A. HUFF, Ex-Mayor of Macon. 41 ?-m- ami Taii 1 a ? miipt-ru r irnii k tvuuwk , Guinn's Pioneer Blood Renewer res all Blood and Skin Diseases, Rheumatism, rofula, Old Sores. A perfect Spring Medicine. _ not in your market it will be forwarded on rept of price. Small bottles 81.00; large bottles 75. Essay on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed e. MACON MEDICINE COMPANY, Macon, Georgia, ^or sale by DOWRY & STARR, Yorkville. November 17 11 ly ! i OCK HILL AND CLARK'S FORK. PERSON'S residing along the mail routes j from Yorkville to Rock Hill, and from irkville to Clark's Fork, via Zadok and Bethy, who wish to subscribe for the YORKVILLE fQUIRER for the year 1887, and who are not sated convenient to a post oflice. are hereby formed that if they enter their names on my ib, they can have the Enquirer delivered to nn without expense for such, delivery. If it ; inconvenient to see me in person, pay the bscription club price at the Efquirkr Office d have the name entered on my list. WALTER H. MOORE. )ecember8 49 tf : D. E. FINXEV7 j di LTTORNBY AT LAW, ! Yorkville, 3. c. iTILL practice in all th( Courts of the State. "1 T Collections a spe Aaltv. , lj )ctotier 13 41 1 3m i AUCTION SALES. CLERK'S SALE. South Carolina-"York County. IN COMMON PLEAS. 'ranees E. Patrick, Plaintiff, against Joseph Patrick and others, Defendants. [N obedience to the Decree of His Honor I. D. Witherspoon, Judge of the Sixth Circuit, I /ill expose to public sale at YORK COURT IOUSE, on the TRST MONDAY (Sales-day) IN JANUARY, lext, during the legal hours of sale, all that iece, parcel or tract of land situated in York ounty and State aforesaid, containing 110 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ind known as the McCully tract, adjoining mds of T. J. Clinton, T. E. Rrandon and Geo. j. Riddle, sold for partition amongst'the heirs of ames R. Dulin, deceased. TERMS OF SALE. One-fourth Cash ; balance of purchase money >ayable in twelve months, with interest rrom ay of sale, secured by bond and mortgage, 'urchasertopay for papers. JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis. December 8 49 4t CLERK'S SALE. South Carolina?York County. IN COMMON PLEAS, inderson Earwood, Plaintiff, against Betsie Carroll and others, Defendants. [N obedience"to the Decree of the Court made in the cause as above entitled, I will expose o public sale at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the 'IRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, A. D. 1887. luring the legal hours of sale,, all that piece, arcel or tract of land situated in York couny and State aforesaid, containing 125 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, idjoining lands of R. N. McElwee, Vicey Burns, Sliza Brown and others. Sold to pay debts and or partition amongst the heirs-at-law of Charotte Gaston, deceased. TERMS OF SALE. One half Cash ; balance of purchase money on credit of twelve months, with interest from lay of sale, secured by the purchaser's bond nd a mortgage of the premises sold. Purchaser o pay for papers. JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis. December 8 49 4t CLERK'S SALE. South Carolina?York County. IN THE COMMON PLEAS, jucretia Giles against John Alderson and otners. PURSUANT to the Decretal Order of the Court, I vill expose to public sale, ON SALES-DAY IN JANUARY NEXT, It YORK COURT HOUSE, between the legal lours of sale, all that tract or parcel of land lyngin Fort Mill township, in York county, conaining >NE HUNDRED AND FIVE, (105) ACRES, lore or less, and now or formerly bounded by ands of Jane Stewart, Samuel Billew, Bowman lerrittand A. B. Springs. The above property to be re-sold at the risk of lie former purchaser. TERMS OF SALE. One thousand dollars (if so much be bid) cash, nd the balance on a credit of twelve months, vith interest, secured by purchaser's bond and aortgage of the premises?with leave to the purhaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pav for papers. JOS. F. WALLACE, Clerk of the Court. Hart <fc Wilbomn, Plaintiff's Attorneys. December 8 49 4t clerk's Tale. South Carolina?York County. IN COMMON PLEAS. Sdward Latham and others against Clarinda Latham and others. rN obedience to the Decree of the Court, made in the cause above* entitled, I will expose to mlic sale, at YORK COURT HOUSE, on the ^IRST MONDAY (Sales-Day) IN JANUARY, lext, during the legal hours of sale, all that liece, parcel und tract of land, situated in the Jounty and State aforesaid, on the east side of he Catawba river, bounded by lands of Archilald Graham, Pinckney Garrison and Josiah J. !oltharp, and containing FIFTY-SIX ACRES, MORE OR LBSS, ioldto make partition among the heirs at-lawof ohn W. Latham, deceased. The above property to be re-sold at the risk of be former purchaser. TERMS OF SALE. Half Cash; remainder on a credit of twelve aonths, with interest from day of sale, secured iy a bond and mortgage of the premises sold, "urchaser to pay for papers. JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis. December 8 49 4t CLERK'S SALE. South Carolina?York County. IN COMMON PLEAS. )avid H. Miller against Jos. B. and R. E.Miller. rN obedience to the Decree of the Court made and tiled in the above entitled cause. I will xposeto public sale, at YORK COURT HOUSE, >n the iTRST MONDAY (Sales-Day) IN JANUARY, 887, during the legal hours of sale, all those lieces, parcels and tracts of land situated in fork county and State aforesaid, to wit: TRACT NO. 1. Containing 29 1-10 ACRES, adjoining lands of Irs. E. Steele, estate of Isaac Holcomb and othrs, and on both sides of the Saluda road. TRACT NO, 2. Containing 106 ACRES, more or less, adjoining ands of the estate of Isaac Holcomb, Mrs. E. Iteele, estate of Ann White and Jones & Robrtson. TRACT NO. 3. Containing 10 ACRES, more or less, lying on the rest side of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au;usta Railroad, and within theincorporatelimits f the town of Rock Hill, adjoining lands of W. j. Roddey, Frew Brothers, estate of A. T. Black nd others. TERMS OF SALE. :-/J f'nnL . Lrtlnnno nf ranrnhoQA mnnfiV UUCtllHU VOCVU ) uaiauvo v* j/u*vu?ww ... w ? n a credit of twelve months, secured by thepurhaser or pu rchasers' bond and a mortgage of the remises, with interest from day of sale?purhasers to be allowed the option to pay their enire bids in cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. JOS. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pis. December 8 49 4t VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE On a Credit of 5 Years. 8Y virtue of the power on us conferred by the will of R. G. McCAW, deceased, we "will xpose to sale, in front of the Court House at rorkville, S. C., on IONDAY, SALES-DAY IN JANUARY, 1887, mmediately after Sheriffs Sales, if not sold in be meantime, by private sale: 1. All that tract of land known as the McCaw CATAWBA RIVER PLANTATION, ontaining 1,000 Acres, more of less, situated in 'ork county, S. C., and bounded by lands of 'homas S. Neely, Samuel Carothers, deceased, .rehibald Barron, deceased, G. E. M. Steele, .ndrew Stewart, and others. This tract will be sold in a body, or sub-dividrl into 5 or more separate tracts,"as the purchasr or purchasers may elect. 2. All that tract, known as the McCaw WOLF CREEK TRACT, ontaining 128 Acres, situate in said county, and onndod on all sides by lands now or formerly elonging to Win. McGill. For plat of premises and sub-divisions, and articulars, apply at the law office of W. B. McAW, Yorkville, S. C., or to R. G. McCAW, on le premises. TERMS?ONE-FIFTII CASH. alance on a credit of 5 years, secured by purlaser's bond and a mortgage of the premises, ith interest at 10 per cent, from the day of sale, urchasers to pay for papers, and to'have the rivileire of paying all cash, should they see lit. JOHN BRATTON, and BELLE M. McCAW, xecutorand Executrix of R. G. McCaw, dec'd. December 1 48 4t MOTHERS' FRIEND makes CHILD-BIRTH easv. The time has come at last when tho terrible agony incident to this very critical period in a woman's life can be avoided. A distinguished physician, who passed the greater portion of his life (44 years) in this branch of practice, left to child-bearing woman this priceless legacy and life-saving appliance, "THE MOTHERS' FRIEND," and to-day there are thousands of the best women in the land who, having used this wonderful remedy before confinement, rise up and call his name blessed. We can prove all we claim for it by living witnesses, and any one interested can call, or have their husbands do so, at our office, and see the original letters, which we cannot publish. All druggists sell it. For particulars and full ireetions address Bradfield Regulator Co.. Atlanta, Ga. August 11 32 ly CHATTEL MORTGAGES, | MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to fl Real Estate. For sale at the < ENQUIRER OFFICE. I GARRY IRON RC Manufacturers of all kinds of IRON ROOFING 8 CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, PIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS AC., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( Orders received by L. M. GRIST. May 10 TAX RETURNS FOR 1886-87. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, YORK COUNTY, Yorkville, S. C., December 1,1886. According to law, the tax books of YORK COUNTY, for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1886, will be open from JANUARY 1ST, 1887, UNTIL FEBRUARY 20TH, 1887, inclusive. The Auditor will attend at the following places and times to take the tax returns of the several tax-payers of York county for the fiscal year 1886. At Yorkville, on Saturday, January 1,1887. At Bethany, on Monday, January 3, 1887. At Clover, on Tuesday. January 4, 1887. At Bethel, on Wednesday, January 5,1887. At Thompson's .Mill, on Thursday, January fi 11307 At Clay Hill, on Friday, January 7, 1887. AtNeely tfe Son's Store, on Saturday, January 8, 1887. At Massey's Store, on Monday, January 10 1887. At McConnellsville, on Tuesday, January 11, 1387. At Bullock's Creek Church, on Wednesday, January 12, 1887. ^At Rainey's Mill, on Thursday, January 13, At Hickory Grove, on Friday, January 14, 1887. At Clark's Fork, on Saturday, January 15, 1887. At Rock Hill, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, - January 17,18, 19, 20 and 21, 1887. AtCoates' Tavern, on Saturday, January 22, 1887. At Fort Mill, on Monday and Tuesday, January 24 and 25, 1887. At Grover, on Wednesday, January 26,1887. At Black's, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 27,28 and 29,1887. At Yorkville, from January 31, to February 20,1887. inclusive. At which time the Books will close and penalty attach to all delinquents. All residents in York county, between the ages of 21 and 60, are liable to poll tax. W. B. WILLIAMS, Auditor. December 1-48 tf W. O. REID Ac CO., 1 ROCK HILL, 8. C., Manufacturers of and Dealers in *1 Wagons, Bnggies, Carriages, Lnmber, &c. THE only dealers in the State, outside of the city of Charleston, who buy the above goods by the car-load, and are, therefore, prepared to offer bargains nowhere else to be obtained. DEALERS IN Stoyes, Sewing Machines, Furniture and House Furnishing Goods of all kinds. Pianos and Organs. Give us a call, or write for prices before buying any of the above-named goods. ALL GOODS WARRANTED And satisfaction guaranteed. W. G. REID & CO. October 20 42 3m J. EP. JEFFERYS. NEW FURJflTUBE STORE. nncrcriMC wrnavwi A FULL supply on bands consisting of the following kinds: I METALIC BURIAL CASES-adult sizes. WOOD BURIAL CASKETS AND CASESall sizes. GLOSS WHITE CASKETS AND CASES fot children. PLAIN COFFINS?all sizes. FURNITURE. Walnut, Maple and Common Bedsteads. Washstands, Tables, aud a general supply always in Store. Special orders filled at short notice. REPAIRING. All kinds of Furniture repaired. Terms liberal. J. ED. JEFFERYS. C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD JKkHlHfe JW m ffyg v w wr SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C., taking effect at 12 o'clock, Noon, Sunday, November 7th, 1886: GOING SOUTH. Leave Lenoir 4.30 A. M. Arrive at Hickory, 6.15 A. M. Leave Newton 7.30 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 8.42 A. M. 4 4. T\nllnn o Sfl a \f arrive tvu x/anoo, ?... Arrive at Gaatonia, 10.22 A. M. Leave Gastonia 10.40 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 11.36 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 12.22 P. M. Leave Yorkville, 12.30 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 1.00 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 1.35 P. M. Leave Lowrysville, 1.50 P. M. Arrive at Chester 2.25 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 1.00 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 1.35 P. M. Leave, Lowrysville, 1.36 P. M. Arrive at Guthriesville, 2.13 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 2 43 P. M. Leave Yorkville 2.55 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 3.37 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 4.36 P. M. Leave Gastoni-, 4.58 P. M. Arrive at Dallas, 5.27 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 6.28 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 7.56 P. M. Leave Hickory, 9.00 P. M. Arrive at Lenoir, ........ 10.45 P. M. G. K~. "T^tTcOTT. Superintendent. November 10 ^ 45 tf YORK COUNTY BONDS. OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, 1 Yorkville, S. C., December 15, 1886. J NOTICE is hereby given to the holders of Bonds issued bv York countv i.. ??d of the CHESTER AND LENOIR NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD, that the bonds numbered respectively as follows: 81, 114, 342, 816, 879, 566, 371, 787, 390, 724, 180, 775, 521, 344, 823, 236, 667, 734, 355, 451, 340, 535, 729, 745, 526, 839, 779, 397, 814, 651, 035, 728, 146, 784, 665, 237, 869, 573, 642, 859, 83, 562, 493, <K>7, 548, 762, 383, 861, 297, 135, will be paid upon their presentation to the Board of County Commissioners, at Y'ORK COURT HOUSE, on WEDNESDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1887, with the accrued interest up to that time, and that after said date, the said Bonds, numbered as above, will cease to draw interest. Rv order of the Board. JAMES B. ALLISON, Clerk. December 15 50 3t RETIREMENT OF COUNTY BONDS. COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, 1 Yorkville.S. CM December 15,1880. J PUBLIC notice is hereby given that the Board t of County Commissioners for York county, j will receive proposals until 12 o'clock, M., on WEDNESDAY, the 5th day of JANUARY, 1887, for the purchase at the lowest price at which they may be offered, BONDS OF YORK COUNTY, and the coupons thereon, issued in aid of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company. The amount to be purchased will be of the valuo of five thousand dollars, and the said bonds may be offered in lots or otherwise, i as holders.may desire. Bv order of the Board. JOSEPH N. StEELE, Chairman, i J. B. Allison, Clerk of Board. December 15 30 4t " MOORE CODNTY GMTj The bent MUlitoni in tbi World for Table MeaV Stmplei of meil tent on application. Send for pricei on Portable Corn Mllli, Upper and Under Rnnnert and Miltetonei. We are ageita for Engines, Hollers, Sntt Mills. Cotton ftlas, Flanen, 8hafting, Pullevi, ic., alio for Holler-MM Outflta which live 50 to75centi for the miller in every barrel of flour he makei. Write itating what ym want and termi von wtih to bar on. Give referenda. Aidreia, North Carolina Millatone Co., Parke rood, Moore Co., N. C. June 23 ^ 25 0m* >OFING COMPANY, IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. nflP'^L 152 T? 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland. O. TpSt* Send for Circularand Price )F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 9 * ly M.CWILLIS NORTHERN AND WESTERN BUGGIES. SINCE I began business in September last, I have added some very nice Northern and Western Buggies to my stock. I defy competition, and would ask persons wishing" to buy to give me a call, and enjoy a look. I am deter- _?' mined to make the price suit the times, when the cash is offered. I am Determined To Roll The Wheel, And would most respectfully ask my friends to give me a helping hand. I am now handling the celebrated light-running Thimble-Skein TENNESSEE WAGON. For cash they can be had cheap. I am making Repair Work a specialty. I have good and experienced workmen and work will be done at short notice. I have on hand a splendid assortmentof / \ Single and Double Harness, Made by hand, and of the very best material. Give me a call before doing worse. M. C. WILLIS. November 17 31 tf F. HAPPERFIELD. FRESHGROt'EKIES. ? MY full stock of Groceries consists of the best goods that can be bought, and will be sold as low as any other house will sell you. HARDWARE. 1 A full supply ot Hardware, including Plow Fixtures and all other articles in that line required in agricultural operations. J ' ' . ' ' BOOTS AND SHOES. " V ' A large lot of all grades. Call and examine them before buying. I will take pleasure in showing them and can save you money. TOBACCO AND CIGARS. ' . A full line of Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos, Snuff and Cigars. A MARBLE YARD. Special attention given to all kinds of Monu, mental and Tomb Stone Work. Prices are lower X than ever before. I can certainly sell you work 4 cheaper than any traveling agent can, for I will save you the comini.vlons paid to them. Call and see specimens of vo.-k and ascertain prices. TL. TT A TiTJfDUT-PT T\ jc iin.i xr?iivr luui/t 1886. WEST LIBERTY STREET. 1886. Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables A RE still on a boom, and the year 1886 finds . me with some of the finest Vehicles ever shown in the Livery business in Yorkville, and surpasssed by none. Everything will be kept in the best stylo. Give me a trial and be convinced. ^ Cincinnati and Colnmbns Buggies Of every description will be kept. Spring Wagons, Phaetons, <fec., of the best make, always on hand. FOR FUNERALS I have a fine Queen City Hearse and a Clarence Coach, which will be sent to any part ef the county at short notice. Terms reasonable. A Big Bargain. I have a Jumpseat Phaeton and some Buggies on hand that I will give a big bargain in, if sold soon to make room for my new stock. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables, where they will receive the best attention. ^ F. E. SMITH. October 13 41 tf JOHN R. ASHE. W. N. ASHE, JR. ASHE Ac ASHE, fflteConnellsville, 8. COTTON GINNING7&C \\J E hereby beg to inform the public that we ff are fully prepared to Gin Cotton, Grind Corn and furnish Brick in any quantity. We have nothing but first-class machinery and don't hesitate to say that we can do you better work than any competitor. We will run an eightysaw new Pratt Gin, and have it geared to run slow and gin on the old horse-power style, makings finer sampleand cleaning the seed bet- . ter than the present usual method of ginning cotton We have our torn Aim reaay 10 masu corn anu deem it unnecessary to say more than that our machinery was prepared and put in motion by J. WYLIE WELLS, which alone is sufficient guarantee for tirst-class work. We have one quarter of a million of Brick now ready for market, and will be pleased to . serve any party with both plain and pressed Brick in such quantity as thej' may want. We will ship Brick to any point to which we can make satisfactory freight rates. We will meet any competition in our mercban! dise business and guarantee satisfaction in every __ instance. Give us a showing all rotfh'd. ' I ASHE A ASHE. d ?hr ?0tfeviUc (Inquirer. f TKRM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, 9 2 50 For six months, 125 For thr^e months, 75 Two copies one year 4 00 ^ Ten copies One year 20 00 And an extra'^opy for a club of ten. 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